| | :''"At least once a week, Rev. Jones would declare a "white night", or state of emergency. The entire population of Jonestown would be awakened by blaring sirens. Designated persons, approximately fifty in number, would arm themselves with rifles, move from cabin to cabin, and make certain that all members were responding. A mass meeting would ensue. Frequently during these crises, we would be told that the jungle was swarming with mercenaries and that death could be expected at any minute. During one "white night", we were informed that our situation had become hopeless and that the only course of action open to us was a mass suicide for the glory of [[socialism]]."''<ref>[https://full-english-books.net/english-books/full-book-seductive-poison-read-online-chapter-48 Deborah Layton, ''Seductive Poison'', p.48]</ref> | | :''"At least once a week, Rev. Jones would declare a "white night", or state of emergency. The entire population of Jonestown would be awakened by blaring sirens. Designated persons, approximately fifty in number, would arm themselves with rifles, move from cabin to cabin, and make certain that all members were responding. A mass meeting would ensue. Frequently during these crises, we would be told that the jungle was swarming with mercenaries and that death could be expected at any minute. During one "white night", we were informed that our situation had become hopeless and that the only course of action open to us was a mass suicide for the glory of [[socialism]]."''<ref>[https://full-english-books.net/english-books/full-book-seductive-poison-read-online-chapter-48 Deborah Layton, ''Seductive Poison'', p.48]</ref> |
| − | After the verdict of Milk's assassin was announced, a crowd of 5,000 gathered before City Hall. Violence erupted. Protestors shouted "Kill Dan White!", tore gilded ornamental work from the building's wrought iron doors, used it to break first floor windows, and set more than a dozen police cars and 8 other automobiles on fire. The crowd threw tear gas stolen from police vehicles. Electric trollies were disabled when their overhead wires were pulled down. Violence broke out against the police officers, who were outnumbered. Mayor [[Dianne Feinstein]] and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver, "the biggest snake of them all" whom Dan White intended to kill,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sW-0ApN9WYwC&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=Silver+the+biggest+snake+of+them+all+Dan+White+intended+to+kill&source=bl&ots=0ZAiAgqaZS&sig=ACfU3U11eitvP4_Vmls880fbGfx5jZz5Rg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj57rmCh6XgAhUKooMKHf12CnAQ6AEwGHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=Silver%20the%20biggest%20snake%20of%20them%20all%20Dan%20White%20intended%20to%20kill&f=false Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love]'', | + | After the verdict of Milk's assassin was announced, a crowd of 5,000 gathered before City Hall. Violence erupted. Protestors shouted "Kill Dan White!", tore gilded ornamental work from the building's wrought iron doors, used it to break first floor windows, and set more than a dozen police cars and 8 other automobiles on fire. The crowd threw tear gas stolen from police vehicles. Electric trollies were disabled when their overhead wires were torn down. Violence broke out against the police officers, who were outnumbered. Mayor [[Dianne Feinstein]] and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver, "the biggest snake of them all" whom Dan White intended to kill,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sW-0ApN9WYwC&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=Silver+the+biggest+snake+of+them+all+Dan+White+intended+to+kill&source=bl&ots=0ZAiAgqaZS&sig=ACfU3U11eitvP4_Vmls880fbGfx5jZz5Rg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj57rmCh6XgAhUKooMKHf12CnAQ6AEwGHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=Silver%20the%20biggest%20snake%20of%20them%20all%20Dan%20White%20intended%20to%20kill&f=false Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love]'', |
| | David Talbot, Simon and Schuster, May 8, 2012, p. 387.</ref> tried to address the crowd. Silver said, "Dan White has gotten away with murder!", and was injured by a flying object. | | David Talbot, Simon and Schuster, May 8, 2012, p. 387.</ref> tried to address the crowd. Silver said, "Dan White has gotten away with murder!", and was injured by a flying object. |